USS Rogers Blood (DE-555)

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US flag 48 stars.svgUnited States
NameUSS Rogers Blood
Namesake First Lieutenant Rogers Blood (1922-1944), a U.S. Marine Corps officer and Silver Star recipient
Builder Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts (proposed)
LaunchedNever
FateConstruction contract cancelled 1944
General characteristics
Class and type John C. Butler-class destroyer escort
Displacement1,350 tons
Length306 ft (93 m)
Beam36 ft 8 in (11 m)
Draft9 ft 5 in (3 m)
Propulsion2 boilers, 2 geared turbine engines, 12,000 shp; 2 propellers
Speed24 knots (44 km/h)
Range6,000  nmi. (12,000 km) @ 12 kt
Complement14 officers, 201 enlisted
Armament

USS Rogers Blood (DE-555) was a proposed World War II United States Navy John C. Butler-class destroyer escort that was never completed.

Plans called for Rogers Blood to be built at the Boston Navy Yard at Boston, Massachusetts. The contract for her construction was cancelled in 1944.

The name Rogers Blood was reassigned to the destroyer escort USS Rogers Blood (DE-605), which was converted during construction into the fast transport USS Rogers Blood (APD-115) and was in commission as such from 1945 to 1946.

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